Wednesday walk To Vredeburg Museum

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Healthy and happy greetings to all friends. Thank you #Wednesdaywalk by tattoodjay@tattoodjay, I will share my experience of visiting one of the old buildings in the City of Yogjakarta.

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The location of the Vredeburg museum is on Malioboro street, not far from the Yogjakarta Sultanate Palace and also next to the Beringharjo traditional market.

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Visitor who use vehicles can park around Beringharjo market, from the Vredeburg museum. Before entering this museum, visitor are charged a ticket of IDR 5000,-(five thousand rupiah).

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Visiting this museum can be with family or a lone. According to information from the officer, this old building was built around 1760. This building was once a fortress, Netherlands as a defense agains't enemy attacks.

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Looking at the layout of the building, this constructions id quite sturdy by using quite thick bricks with a mixture of reinforcements such as cement,sand.

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Every corner of the building made a shape with a triangle maybe so that the corner of the building can see the situation in various directions of the every at that time.

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We can walk to surround this place from the enterence to the exit,the area is about 4,65 hectares. Judging from the shape of the building this complex.

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The combination of European architecture is combined with Javanese architecture, with high windows,consedering that Indonesia knous the tropical sesson, there is heat and rain. This building is a historic building for the City of Yogjakarta.

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In 1992 this Fort building functional as Museum Benteng Vredeburg Yogjakarta until now. Visitor entering the Museum are guided by directions, from the entrance to exit.

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This museum collects many types ranging from photographs of the struggle for independence, a collection of objects from the Colonial era news paper printing press, an art collection in the form of a statue of women sewing a Red and white flag.

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The room in the building is diveded into several function, such as a diorama room, library room, conservation room, grass field, audio room, guest house,ware house and other spaces.
Hope it's useful. Thank you very much.


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